It's official - I'm ancient

[rockywilderness]

Buying a bottle of cider in Lidl (the nice vintage one, I promise) and the checkout guy said to me, with a wink, "Well, young lady, I'm going to need to see some ID" and then laughed as he scanned it. I'm 45.

I'm now in the age category where it's hilarious to even suggest I might be under age.

Any other examples that I need to brace myself for?

I'm 53 with a nearly 9 year old and 13 year old. Regularly get advertisements for 'over 55' flats/houses. Imagine the other residents' horror if I rocked up to live there with my two in tow...

Just came on to say exactly this. I tripped over a step last week in spectacular style and my DC kept referring to "mum having a fall" - I'm 'only' 50 ffs!

Discovering I'm old enough to use the charity Age Concern (you're eligible from 50, apologies for triggering every over 50 on Mumsnet..😂)

I have to admit the description was probably apt but until then I'd blissfully lived in a state of delusion. It did make me laugh though.

I'm late 50s and have always, always been mistaken for younger, often by 10 years. Today I got asked my age in case I was entitled to the over 65 discount. Very sad!

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Never mind the william Morris tea cosy, I've got the curtains...

We've been in the position of having to turn down proffered under 18 tickets for dd and her bf (they'd just got their masters degrees at that point) but then realising we could get the over 60s...I'm not sure which of us was smirking at the others more.

Just had a follow up appointment with the colorectal surgeon who told me that luckily all looked fine except my bottom was definitely showing signs of age! However I was completely reassured when his follow up letter remarked that I had a totally unremarkable anus. Don’t know why but it tickled me no end 😂ps I’m 66

Someone should start a band called The Unremarkable Anuses'

If it's any consolation, I aspire to have an unremarkable anus at 66. I can think of no better confirmation of success

A male friend of mine, approaching 55, has been renting a room in a shared house, since his divorce. The landlord was selling up so I suggested to him that he enquired about over 55's housing. He did not appreciate the suggestion at all! 😂

For myself, the worst time was getting my hair done in my mid 40's. The young woman washing it asked "do you have any grandchildren yet". At the time, my DC were mid 20's so it was possible, but I was still horrified! Never went back to that hairdresser.

I do get offered seats now too but usually I'm happy to accept!

I live in the US and it was 2:50pm when I went to pay for a meal.
The cashier took one look at me and my 90% white hair (it's not even grey or silver but shocking white) and said, that if I just waited 10 more minutes, I could get the "senior citizen discount" of 25% off my meal. The discount age is 60+ but I was only 45!

I was not happy but I did wait 10 minutes, got my discount and then told the cashier that I did not appreciate that she assumed I was over 60.

Ugh.

I don't get ID'd at all. I now have ' saga' home contents insurance.

I'm late 50s, the not even looking before pressing the "obviously over 25" button on the till is a bit depressing, been getting that for years, but it did actually make me laugh when a young male assistant grinned and asked for ID the other week.

I noticed when I got to about 40 that I was always asked about menopause symptoms when I went to the GP about anything, but that's good really. Problem was at that age all I knew was hot flushes and periods stopping so I always said no, when with hindsight there were a few things going on that could have been related. Would have been helpful if they had said "such as..."

I was pleased during Covid when a security guard stopped me going into Waitrose first thing in the morning and said sorry, it's senior citizens only for the first hour.

I've never had much marketing for Saga, retirement homes, funeral plans etc come my way though.

Oh yes. I get that one.

When I hit 40, the doc started asking me if I wet myself when I coughed…no matter what I was on for.

Well I got ID’d at the self check out in Tesco by a very self righteous Tesco employee. I’m pushing 40 and told her so but she said ‘it’s think 25’ - I could not have looked more of a mess and everyone was laughing… make of it what u will 😵‍💫 I had my child with me. Gah and I’ve also been asked for ID as a joke, like the OP (no ID required). It’s so hard to know how old someone is these days tho to be fair 🤷‍♀️

Constantly receiving mail for funeral plans and private care homes.

At least the care homes targeting us are very upmarket. They obviously think we are the right sort of clientele.🤣🤣🤣

Scrolling for what seems like forever for the year - or worse, having to click back repeatedly because there isn't an option to type your DOB in direct or go back by year - on an online form.

When the doctor said ‘but that’s to be expected now at your time of life’ (in relation to my knees going-he was in his 30s). When I said it another time to my usual doctor who’s a few years older than me, he was like ‘why would you assume your knees to be going when you’re young?’ 😅

edited to add- my mum used to always say ‘I don’t know anyone on the front of magazines anymore’. I’m so there now😅

When you get a letter from DVLA saying that you have to renew your licence and it then it will only last for three years before you have to do it again! Someone must have made an error on my birth certificate! You’ve got a while to go yet though OP!

I appreciate the good manners aspect...but being ushered on to the bus with on you go Mr..... makes me feel well auld.

It's more a black thing, but when young people start calling you Auntie.

I swear it made my knees creak.

i made a comment today about a recent photo, stating it had 'ab fab'vibes too it, the reply i got back was.. i dont know what Ab Fab is?

i googled it... absolutely fabulous aired between 1992 and 1995! how on gods green earth has it been over 26 years!!

i feel old

Singleandproud

The day I explained 'Pogs' and the fact that we used to get toys in our cereal and 'tazos' in our crisps to a group of year 11s. "Isnt that a choking hazard Miss?" I felt about 100 and Pogs just sounds like tiddly winks they clearly didn't understand the excitement of winning a 'shiny'.
Oh my god I just got a shiver at the word ‘pogs’. WHY DO THEY NEVER COME UP IN CONVERSATION ANY MORE!!!!!

depends how ugly your mother is !